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O Captain My Captain: America’s Aid for Israel’s Political ‘Continuum’

by Clive Hambidge December 4, 2011

The question for the Obama administration, Congress, is if, the American public, who should be asked first, were informed of the extent, nature and illegality of U.S Aid to Israel, would the American public then sanction any military aid to Israel at all?

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Warped Flotilla “inquiry” invites mega-mischief

by Stuart Littlewood September 5, 2011

The Palmer report deserves condemnation and is getting it. Such dangerous tripe belongs in the wastepaper basket.

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Why is the UN secretary-general trying to scupper latest flotilla plans for Gaza?

by Stuart Littlewood June 1, 2011

Stuart Littlewood challenges UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to explain why he is trying to scupper plans for a humanitarian flotilla to the besieged Gaza Strip instead of taking effective action to protect the flotilla and compel Israel to end its illegal blockade of the Strip.

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Craven US veto costs Washington its last shred of credibility

by Stuart Littlewood February 22, 2011

Nureddin Sabir recounts a painful journey of hope, disappointment, betrayal, blood and murder that has seen him turn from loyal supporter to vehement opponent of Colonel Mu’ammar Gaddafi and his regime in Libya.

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Is the American Public About to Toss Israel?

by Franklin Lamb November 17, 2010

US support for Israel could shatter like Humpty Dumpty– and it could get ugly. Growing American revulsion at the increasing incidents of verbal assaults on Arabs and Muslims, and racist hate speech graffiti by the Israeli public , internet defamation by elements of the US Israel lobby, and seeming encouragement by Israeli officials and some Rabbis ensconced among the more than 100 illegal colonies in occupied Palestine.

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Negotiating An Evaporating Palestine

by SR Editor October 9, 2010

The price of clinging to power and remaining in the good graces of the U.S. State Department has been forsaking Gaza. The Israeli government seized on this, bolstering Abbas’ stature by pretending they had found a trusted negotiating partner—all while the quiet annexation of land continued. But it is hard to solely blame Abbas. As Netanyahu stated, Israel has mastered the art of entering empty dialogue with Palestinians as new East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements are built.

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Does International Law Have a Future? – An Analysis

by Lawrence Davidson September 12, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz I. The Usual Suspects Back on August 23, 2010 Israel’s most prestigious human rights organization, B’Tselem released a short report on the condition of water supplies in the Gaza Strip. Referencing the United Nations Environment Program as well as the Palestine Water Authority, B’Tselem reported that the [...]

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The US-Israel Standoff over Settlements

by SR Editor April 13, 2010

Victor Kattan* of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, says that morally, legally, and politically the Obama administration is on solid ground in its confrontation with the Israeli government over its refusal to stop constructing settlements in East Jerusalem…. US-Israel relations are reputedly at their [...]

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The Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War: Will it Matter?

by Richard Falk April 4, 2010

By Richard Falk* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Ever since the Balfour Declaration in 1917 gave the formal approval of the British government to the establishment of ‘a Jewish homeland’ profound issues of legitimacy were present in the conflict recently known as the Israel/Palestine Conflict. This original colonialist endorsement of the Zionist project has produced [...]

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